Chief Healthcare Executive July 11, 2024
CMS proposes benchmarks for hospitals in obstetric care. But some criticize measures that would require providers to meet certain standards or risk losing federal aid.
As maternal mortality and morbidity rates have reached alarming levels, the federal government has proposed new standards to reduce the number of deaths related to childbirth.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing the first minimum safety standards for hospitals, and critical access hospitals, for obstetrics services. The proposal includes standards for staffing, training, emergency services readiness and transfer protocols for obstetric patients.
“For the first time, we have created national health and safety standards for maternal care,” Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday. “For the first time, national standards … which means...
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